As most of you will already know, and much to our disappointment, the Schiaparelli probe failed to land successfully on Mars last Wednesday. The plan was that when it entered the Martian atmosphere, the spacecraft would immediately begin to slow down to 1700 km/h as a result of the friction caused by the atmosphere hitting its heat-shield. When it reached… Continue reading Schiaparelli on Mars -updated
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Schiaparelli’s landing on Mars
Update 7 February 2026 Sadly the Schiaparelli Spacecraft failed to land successfully on Mars. It hit the ground at 300 km/h and would have been destroyed on impact. The post below was published on 13 October 2016, six days before the failed landing. On 14 March 2016 the European Space Agency used facilities at Baikonur… Continue reading Schiaparelli’s landing on Mars
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